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Show CHEN i A TERRIBLE STATE Little Austrian Sufferers, Between Be-tween Seven and Nine Years, j on Swiss Front. Np MILK FOR MONTHS Switzerland to Care for 576 Pale, Scantily Clad, Starving Starv-ing Children. GENEVA, Switzerland. Tuesday, Dec. 18. Living proofs of the terrible terri-ble economic conditions in Austria were furnished yesterday by the arrival ar-rival of Buchs, on the frontier, of 576 pale and suffering children between be-tween the ages of 7 and 9. They are from Vienna and other Austrian towns. The children had not tasted milk for months. They had received bad bread in insufficient amounts, stomach diseases resulting. Their their clothing was most scanty and there was no fuel in their homes. They will be distributed among various va-rious places in Switzerland until their health is restored. |